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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 32 of "Wolf OR-7," what motifs from earlier poems in the collection recur?
(a) "Instinct" and "desire."
(b) "A same wilding path" and "wolf naps."
(c) The "dunes of your hips" and "long thirst."
(d) "Tracking" and "cameras."

2. In "Like Church," the beloved's shoulders are compared to "hematite clocks" (29). What is hematite?
(a) A black mineral.
(b) A porous rock.
(c) A transparent salt.
(d) A polished fossil.

3. In "Catching Copper," what does the acronym "CIB" stand for?
(a) Combat Infantryman Badge.
(b) Citizens Information Board.
(c) Certificate of Indian Blood.
(d) Criminal Investigation Branch.

4. In "Asterion's Lament," what does the phrase, "Go forward, always down" represent (27)?
(a) Commentary about U.S. history.
(b) Directions from the forest to the sea.
(c) Ariadne's advice to Theseus.
(d) The title of a Whitman poem.

5. In "From the Desire Field," what other poet is alluded to?
(a) Rosalía de Castro.
(b) Pablo Neruda.
(c) Octavio Paz.
(d) Federico García Lorca.

6. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what does "the seven days of your body" allude to (7)?
(a) The week the speaker spent with the beloved.
(b) The legend of the Centimani.
(c) The Biblical creation story.
(d) The week the speaker was separated from the beloved.

7. In "Like Church," what does the speaker mean by "It is real work not to perform/ a fable" (30)?
(a) She feels controlled by her partner's whims and desires.
(b) She worries about assuming that she knows how her relationship will end.
(c) It is easy to fall into the trap of fulfilling a stereotype.
(d) Fairy tales and fables create unrealistic expectation about love.

8. In "Asterion's Lament," the speaker talks about "the slake of a monster's appetite" (28). What does "slake" mean in this context?
(a) Enormity.
(b) Crumbling away.
(c) Satisfaction.
(d) Danger.

9. In "Run'n'Gun," what is the rhetorical purpose of the description of the Indian children's shoes and socks?
(a) It foreshadows the poem's ending.
(b) It portrays their pride in their heritage.
(c) It develops the poem's lighthearted tone.
(d) It portrays them as underdogs.

10. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," how does the tone shift with the image of the speaker looking out the window?
(a) It becomes more buoyant with desire.
(b) It becomes angrier and more strident.
(c) It becomes more objectively intellectual.
(d) It becomes darker and lonelier.

11. In "Wolf OR-7," what word does the speaker say can also mean "touch" (32)?
(a) Howl.
(b) Bite.
(c) Know.
(d) Love.

12. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker makes a reference to the "hundred-handed ones." Who were these figures?
(a) The wise women who control fate.
(b) The ancient potters who created human beings.
(c) The giant offspring of Sky and Earth.
(d) The monsters that guard the gates of the underworld.

13. On page 21 of "Skin-Light," what other name for Teotlachco is given?
(a) "Light-well."
(b) "Chalcedony."
(c) "Lamp-Land."
(d) "Calabash."

14. What does the opening of "Postcolonial Love Poem" claim that moonstones can do?
(a) Stop the bleeding of a snakebite.
(b) Help you find your way home.
(c) Predict the weather.
(d) Make someone fall in love with you.

15. In "Skin-Light," when the speaker uses the word "lightmonger," what literary technique is this an example of (22)?
(a) Anthimeria.
(b) Encomium.
(c) Aphorismus.
(d) Neologism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Mustangs," what is the purpose of mentioning the brother's "thin ankles" (35)?

2. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the speaker's objection to her lover saying, "You make me feel like lightening" (15)?

3. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker refers to "ichor." What does this word mean?

4. In "Catching Copper," what kind of "comb" is meant in the page 9 lines, "you should see my brothers' bullet/ make a comb, by chewing holes/ in what is sweet"?

5. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the red light metaphorically compared to?

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